Hitchcock’s The REDBirds
Ahh! Damn birds are everywhere! Like watching Hitchcock's classic, I am in a state of fright from having to manage all these accounts.
While I've developed an easy system for what cards to keep/cut, debunked myths about...
Some RedBird Comedy on a Sorrowful Day
If you're in the business of manufactured spending then tomorrow you'll be filing for unemployment as multiple sources have confirmed that the RedBird has begun its decent into the annuls of MS spend history....
REDBird: Where to Go Now
I know, I know REDBird is dead. This begs the question that nobody is asking, "Where to go now?" I don't mean in the sense of do we return to the BLUEbird, do we...
Rubber Ducky & GiftCardMall Issues
The days of TopCashBack making the rubber duck cheaper to come by than Vanilla Reloads are over. Currently, I receive a meager .5% cashback from SimplyBestCoupons. That's better than nothing if a purchase actually...
RIP Rubber Duck: Manufactured Spend, Now What?
The duck is dead. According to Miles to Memories, GiftCard Mall is no longer a viable source for MS. They've cut the $500 gift card down to $250 making it both inconvenient and more...
RedBird Trouble: Target’s New Computers
Had a little scare today as I went into Target with a few thousand worth of gift cards meant to be gifted to myself. I gave the bird to the cashier and she tried...
[Manufactured] Spending $44,000 in 3 Months
Get this offer, grab that offer. Maybe I bit off a bit more than I could chew in the last app-o-rama last round of applications. However, I am happy to say that I have come...
MS Right Off the Plane!
I just landed in Montana in one of the few cities here that has a Target. Fresh off the Hyatt Diamond Challenge and new Amex Plat in hand I knew I wouldn't have opportunities...
Insomnia from Minimum Spends
Deep in the bosom of the gentle night
Is when I search for the light
Pick up my pen and start to write
I struggle, fight dark forces
In the clear moon light
Without fear... insomnia
I can't get no...
Election 2016: Where Have All the MS Jobs Gone?
Hungry for Points wrote a comical piece on MS where he used a handy graphic to demonstrate the decrease in MS jobs in an industry that once thrived on such a practice. Inspired, I revisited...
